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  • Scott Mason/Caters News/Zumapress.com A couple participated in the latest extreme sport craze, parahawking, a fusion between falconry and paragliding, in Nepal.

    Asia in Pictures 2012

  • Tourists can try their hand at parahawking, a fusion between falconry and paragliding, at Scott Masons centre in Nepal.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012

  • "Bhutan has some great sites for flying and floating over villages, monasteries, temples, rivers, valleys and jungles, with fantastic views of the majestic Himalayan kingdom," said a tandem parahawking pilot from California, Brad Sander, 34, who will lead a 12-day paragliding trip to Bhutan in September this year.

    Kuensel Newspaper 2010

  • Just tell your wife you had to talk an old friend (me) out of doing something crazy (parahawking) and I'll meet you at the Delhi airport.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Just tell your wife you had to talk an old friend (me) out of doing something crazy (parahawking) and I'll meet you at the Delhi airport.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

  • Just tell your wife you had to talk an old friend (me) out of doing something crazy (parahawking) and I'll meet you at the Delhi airport.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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  • "Parahawking is an activity that combines paragliding with falconry. Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals for in-flight rewards and performing aerobatic manoeuvres."

    --Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parahawking&oldid=472849235)

    February 16, 2012

  • Parahawking: skills/techniques practiced by a novice/semi-credited salesperson.

    --dontcry's defs, 2012

    February 16, 2012

  • aka raptor-capture

    February 17, 2012

  • *parahorks*

    February 17, 2012

  • I think this is an excellent alternate explanation for the Kentucky meat shower.

    *opens el paraguas*

    February 17, 2012